Dead Cells 'Rise of the Giants' DLC Out Today

The Rise of the Giants DLC for Dead Cells is now available on every platform. In addition to this new content, the game is also on sale via Steam for 20% off of the popular roguelite title.

This new content adds in new enemies, new weapons, new skills, and even additional levels for more advanced players. The highlights of today's new content can be found below.

Dead Cells is available now on PC platforms, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. And from what I'm seeing here, the Rise of the Giants content is free. You can find it here on Steam or your favorite digital distribution platform of choice. ...

Dead Cells 'Rise of the Giants' DLC Releasing March 28

March 28 is the release date set for the upcoming Dead Cells DLC, Rise of the Giant. This DLC will include hidden levels, new bosses, new biomes, new cursed gems, and new ways to kill and be killed. The patch notes can be found here or you can check out the gist of what's coming in this handy PR blurb. ...

First Look at Upcoming Dead Cells DLC

Motion Twin released a lengthy new video today that kind of goes through the history of Dead Cells development. Included in this 12 minute long video is a look at the very first iteration of Dead Cells, which apparently began life as a "really boring" multiplayer strategy game.

From there, the video goes on to show the evolution of the game and talk about how the studio had about a year's worth of funding left before they ran out of money. Also included in the video is the first look at the upcoming DLC for Dead Cells, which fans will undoubtedly want to check out...

A Recap of Winners from The Game Awards 2018

In case you missed The Game Awards this past Thursday, you missed out on a lot of new game reveals. More importantly, you missed out on the main focus of the show, the awards!

Fortunately for you, I have a full recap of the winners here. Right off the bat, you'll want to know that God of War won the Game of the Year award. It actually came as quite the surprise given how most of the other awards went to Red Dead Redemption 2. The Esports Athlete of the Year went to the always entertaining SonicFox. He went on stage to accept his reward in full fox suit and gave a passionate speech. Before departing the stage, he had just one more thing to say.
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IGN Pulls Nearly All of Filip Miucin's Prior Work as Investigation Finds Multiple Cases of Plagiarism

If you haven't yet heard, IGN recently fired their Nintendo editor, Filip Miucin, after it came to light that he very, very closely copied a review for Dead Cells. Miucin's video review was for IGN while the review he very apparently copied was from a YouTube channel called Boomstick Gaming. Since then, most of Miucin's work at IGN has been pulled as the investigation uncovers more examples of plagiarism.

Boomstick Gaming was the first to notice the apparent plagiarism and put up a video showing off the obvious similarities....

Dead Cells Heads to Retail Stores in August

Motion Twin announced today that Merge Games will help them to bring Dead Cells to retail stores for a PlayStation 4 and a Nintendo Switch physical release.
Dead Cells, an action rogue-like, has already sold over 7...

Dead Cells "Hand of the King" Update Now Available

The "Hand of the King" update for Dead Cells is now available for those playing the fun but challenging Early Access title. Speaking of Early Access, developer Motion Twin says that this is the last major Early Access content patch for the game before it leaves Steam Early Access.

The full list of changes in today's update can be found here. For those...

Dead Cells Brings Its Great Roguevania Gameplay to Consoles Later this Year

Having already sold well over half a million copies just through Steam Early Access, Dead Cells is eyeing up a release on consoles for later this year. Though a solid release date is not yet known, Dead Cells will brings its "roguevania" gameplay to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and even the Switch.
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Dead Cells Update Adding Tons of New Content Tomorrow

Motion Twin, the studio behind Dead Cells, announced today that there will be a massive content update for the game that is slated to drop tomorrow, November 14. This update changes the tier system, adds in two new biomes to play through, UI changes, changes to boss locations, new items, and even the addition of new enemies.

The full list of changes can be found on the patch notes page. The highlights of the update can be found below.

First off, the old tier system (Strength/Skills/Health) has been replaced by a new system (Brutality/Tactic/Survival).